A band of wild horses freely running about steadfastly following a leader they trust

With the car window down the rushing water beckons, stop, come and see

Driving the Navajo Indian reservation a flash of lightening appears then comes a cloud burst

In an instant a moment before a dry arroyo, now a torrent of red muddy water

Passing a Hogan we lock to see, are they traditional, their door facing the East..?

As we drive the “res” at night, we cross our finger hoping not to see another Native American passed out along the road, victim of “white man’s-fire-water” used to subdue so long ago

WOW, a brilliant blue ocean to behold and all those bikinis…what a sight

Dust is thick ahead, signals uranium ore trucks hard at work, to the crusher they head

Once processed fuel it becomes, to stoke the nuclear fuel power plant, lighting Phoenix and much of the southwest

Sun glistens off a ribbon of water heading East across a barren desert landscape

Yes …it’s the CAP carrying pumped Colorado River water to residents of Phoenix and Tucson and to irrigate our desert farm lands

Look it’s Temple Square so this must be Salt Lake City, Utah home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir… what an incredible voice they resonate

Off to the west is The Great Salt Lake and Bonneville Salt Flats where racers worldwide risk life and limb to get their name in the record book

Farther west it’s the “biggest little city in the world” – Reno – where unlimited gambling abounds … unfettered 24/7

Don’t forget Lake Tahoe … what a sight …and at one time 105 feet down one could clearly see…but not today 70 feet and likely tomorrow even less

The lush irrigated farmlands of Central California’s valley … providing delectable vegetables for most of America to enjoy…extended drought and climate change appear to radically changed that…what tomorrow brings we do not know